Peter Beck

Sir Peter Beck is the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, a company that designs, builds, and launches advanced rockets and satellites. A self-taught engineer who grew up in a middle-class family and never went to university, Beck founded Rocket Lab in2006 at the age of 29. His vision was to develop rockets specifically dedicated to launching small satellites. Today, Rocket Lab is a global leader in aerospace, manufacturing one of the world's most-launched rockets and employing over 2000 people.